79.5% of residents of Altamonte Springs speak English at home.
14.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
3.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 41% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (80% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 5,253 (12.7%)
(50.6% of them are naturalized citizens)

Percentage of workers working in this county: 45.3%Number of people working at home: 638 (2.7% of all workers)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 19,737 (83%)

Carpooled: 2,564 (11%)

Bus or trolley bus: 223 (1%)

Subway or elevated: 17 (0%)

Taxi: 53 (0%)

Motorcycle: 46 (0%)

Bicycle: 63 (0%)

Walked: 402 (2%)

Other means: 96 (0%)

Worked at home: 638 (3%)

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 11,568

German: 4,059

Irish: 3,337

Italian: 2,798

English: 2,747

United States or American: 2,052

Polish: 858

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 757

Scottish: 730

Scotch-Irish: 659

French (except Basque): 558

Jamaican: 437

Arab:: 432

Russian: 354

French Canadian: 349

Dutch: 288

British: 280

Swedish: 279

European: 249

Hungarian: 214

Norwegian: 205

Egyptian: 204

Greek: 154

Canadian: 131

Welsh: 128

Lebanese: 121

Swiss: 121

Lithuanian: 118

Austrian: 118

Portuguese: 111

Danish: 108

Subsaharan African:: 104

Slovak: 95

Ukrainian: 83

African: 79

West Indian: 73

Eastern European: 71

Haitian: 66

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 61

Croatian: 49

Bahamian: 49

Australian: 42

Czechoslovakian: 42

Iranian: 38

Albanian: 38

Other Arab: 38

Belgian: 36

Scandinavian: 35

Czech: 35

U.S. Virgin Islander: 34

Arab/Arabic: 33

Guyanese: 33

Brazilian: 33

Armenian: 33

Syrian: 29

British West Indian: 25

Basque: 22

Slovene: 21

Alsatian: 13

Turkish: 13

Barbadian: 12

Serbian: 10

Slavic: 10

Ghanian: 10

Romanian: 10

Finnish: 9

Nigerian: 8

Bulgarian: 8

Macedonian: 8

Luxemburger: 8

Jordanian: 7

Israeli: 7

Other Subsaharan African: 7

Maltese: 6

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

10%Colombia

6%Cuba

6%India

6%Jamaica

5%United Kingdom

4%Canada

4%Dominican Republic

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 10,855

Northeast: 9,445

Midwest: 5,822

South: 6,128

West: 1,695

36% of Altamonte Springs residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Florida.